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[Anonymous]

Science teacher, L.A., public school. Sounds like lots of showings of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘discussions’ afterwards.

LS ’08, why don’t you do the honorable (but lower paid) thing and teach at a private school, where you have motivated students, motivated parents, and the power to expel disrupters?

My two kids will never set foot in a pubic, I mean public, school.

[Anonymous]

Science teacher, L.A., public school. Sounds like lots of showings of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and ‘discussions’ afterwards.

LS ’08, why don’t you do the honorable (but lower paid) thing and teach at a private school, where you have motivated students, motivated parents, and the power to expel disrupters?

My two kids will never set foot in a pubic, I mean public, school.

[4plexowner]

are the teachers really at fault?

if there were an unspoken mandate to continue the intentional dumbing-down of Americans, that mandate is being carried out very effectively

perhaps the teachers are just unfortunate pawns in a system that is doing exactly what it is intended to do – ie, produce stupid, complacent sheep

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read “The Creature from Jekyll Island: A 2nd Look at the Federal Reserve”, by G Edward Griffin – he shows how the American education system is controlled by the moneyed elite

[4plexowner]

are the teachers really at fault?

if there were an unspoken mandate to continue the intentional dumbing-down of Americans, that mandate is being carried out very effectively

perhaps the teachers are just unfortunate pawns in a system that is doing exactly what it is intended to do – ie, produce stupid, complacent sheep

~

read “The Creature from Jekyll Island: A 2nd Look at the Federal Reserve”, by G Edward Griffin – he shows how the American education system is controlled by the moneyed elite

[latesummer2008]

Sorry to burst your Libertarian Bubble folks, but, I am mandated to teach a standardized curriculum. And I do, because that is what I am being paid for. However, I incorporate current events and critical thinking EVERY DAY. If the public is not educated to think, than it IS very convenient for those in POWER (ie $$$$$$), to persuade by fear and hate. I feel this is by design, so UNEDUCATED people can elect politicians with a FEW peoples interest in mind. MAINLY BIG BUSINESS.

Try READING books on what causes the decline of any empire, and 99.9% of the time it is TOO MUCH POWER.

Get a clue……….

http://westsideremeltdown.blogspot.com

[latesummer2008]

Sorry to burst your Libertarian Bubble folks, but, I am mandated to teach a standardized curriculum. And I do, because that is what I am being paid for. However, I incorporate current events and critical thinking EVERY DAY. If the public is not educated to think, than it IS very convenient for those in POWER (ie $$$$$$), to persuade by fear and hate. I feel this is by design, so UNEDUCATED people can elect politicians with a FEW peoples interest in mind. MAINLY BIG BUSINESS.

Try READING books on what causes the decline of any empire, and 99.9% of the time it is TOO MUCH POWER.

Get a clue……….

http://westsideremeltdown.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

Yep, just what I thought: another shallow-thinking public servant, in charge of impressionable kids. You complain of libertarians; why are so many of you public school teachers populists/wannabe fascists?

There are no secret meetings of powerful cabals or businessman, plotting world domination. There’s just the machinations of individual greedy businessmen and self-before-kids public school teachers/union hacks.

[Anonymous]

Yep, just what I thought: another shallow-thinking public servant, in charge of impressionable kids. You complain of libertarians; why are so many of you public school teachers populists/wannabe fascists?

There are no secret meetings of powerful cabals or businessman, plotting world domination. There’s just the machinations of individual greedy businessmen and self-before-kids public school teachers/union hacks.

[Bugs]

As a society we have decided that the public interest goes far beyond the creation and maintenance of an interstate highway system and national defense. Our government has no more power than what we give to it, conspiracy theories aside.

I’ll also say that any parent who is sufficiently motivated to do so can readily overcome the weaknesses of our public school system. Kids fail in their education to the extent their parents abdicate all responsibility for performance to the schools.

[Bugs]

As a society we have decided that the public interest goes far beyond the creation and maintenance of an interstate highway system and national defense. Our government has no more power than what we give to it, conspiracy theories aside.

I’ll also say that any parent who is sufficiently motivated to do so can readily overcome the weaknesses of our public school system. Kids fail in their education to the extent their parents abdicate all responsibility for performance to the schools.

[NotCranky]

JG
Choosing private schools means you are choosing to expose your children to singular points of view.They already get that from you. Why not trust your children to walk in the world and learn to sort out fact from myth with the critical thinking skills that you give them? That way the whole family can grow together. No one will be stifled by the inhumanity of the predominantly classist view points of the faculty and wrongly motivated parents in private schools. Since the ruling class predominanlty is of the private school system perhaps it stands to reason we would have a better government if regulation was past that no child could receive more than 1/2 of their education in the private system. JG you have personally helped me derive my opinions of private schools.As a parent of three young boys, I thank you. I would like my kids to get a better education than I did, but not yours.
Best wishes

[NotCranky]

JG
Choosing private schools means you are choosing to expose your children to singular points of view.They already get that from you. Why not trust your children to walk in the world and learn to sort out fact from myth with the critical thinking skills that you give them? That way the whole family can grow together. No one will be stifled by the inhumanity of the predominantly classist view points of the faculty and wrongly motivated parents in private schools. Since the ruling class predominanlty is of the private school system perhaps it stands to reason we would have a better government if regulation was past that no child could receive more than 1/2 of their education in the private system. JG you have personally helped me derive my opinions of private schools.As a parent of three young boys, I thank you. I would like my kids to get a better education than I did, but not yours.
Best wishes

[sdrealtor]

JG,
You mentioned previously in another thread that you were born in Philly. Were you educated there also? I know that area very well and have lots of family back there. No point to my question, just curious as to where you grew up there.

sdr

[sdrealtor]

JG,
You mentioned previously in another thread that you were born in Philly. Were you educated there also? I know that area very well and have lots of family back there. No point to my question, just curious as to where you grew up there.

sdr

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